1. Historians now believe that several civilizations may have preceded Europe
in discovering the New World. Explain. (Keywords: Van Sertima, Abubakari,
Zheng He)

2. Why was Europe first to colonize the New World? (Keywords: Marco Polo, Renaissance,
Henry the Navigator, Inter Caetera)

3. What were the plants, animals, and diseases that comprised the Columbian
Exchange?

4. Where did the Spanish first land in the New World? When?

5. How did the Spanish impact the Native Americans in the Caribbean? (Keywords:
Taino, Carib, pacification campaign, religious conversion, enslavement, intermarriage,
disease, Bartolome de Las Casas The Devastation of the Indies)

6. Who conquered the Aztec and the Inca? When, where, why, how?

7. Who was the first explorer credited with circumnavigating the globe and when?
Did he in fact sail around the world?

8. When did the first African slaves arrive in the Americas? Why? Was there
a precedent?